Conservatory Faculty News

Six Performing Arts Leadership and Management (PALM) students, along with Director and Professor of Performing Arts Leadership & Management David Edelman, M.F.A., and Assistant Dean…

Director and Professor of Performing Arts Leadership & Management David Edelman, M.F.A., contributed the chapter “The Form and Pressure of the Time: Artistry and Activism…

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Dance Mary Robare, B.A., was the director and choreographer for a 10-day musical theatre intensive of “Legally Blonde” with N. Thomas…

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music Literature Alanna Ropchock Tierno, Ph.D., was invited to chair a session on the reception of Josquin des Prez at a…

Shenandoah Conservatory announces the appointment of Austin Thorpe, Ph.D., as choral artist-in-residence and director of the Conservatory Choir beginning August 2022. “I’m so delighted that…

The short film “Noisy,” written and directed by Visiting Associate Professor of Acting Cedric Hill, B.A., was awarded Best Short Film at the 75th annual…

Director of Chamber Music and Professor of Viola and Chamber Music Doris Lederer, Diploma, Curtis Institute of Music, is representing Shenandoah Conservatory again by returning…

Director of Opera and Associate Professor Ella Marchment, B.M., was interviewed by Opera Holland Park in a spotlight feature about her work during the 2022…

Victor Brown Endowed Chair in Violin and Associate Professor of Violin Akemi Takayama, M.M., performed the “Concerto for Violin and Violoncello, op. 102 in A…

Assistant Professor of Percussion Karlyn R. Viña, D.M.A., performed in the immersive outdoor production “Soundflight 2” with Victory Hall Opera this month. The show features…